CENTOGENE proudly welcomed Erwin Sellering, prime minister of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania in its headquarter in Rostock. As Centogene has become over the past years the leading biotech company in Europe in the field of genetic diagnostic testing for rare hereditary diseases, Prof Arndt Rolfs, CEO of CENTOGENE, explained in detail the history, present and future of the company, having its roots in Rostock and committed also for the future to Rostock. Genetic testing is still the orphan of medicine and it is still necessary to raise public awareness that genetic testing is mostly beneficial to the patients' treatment.